You know, I think tonight we saw that the Tea Party may be, as George W. Bush might say, a double-edged six shooter.

The Tea Party's favorable is 31. And it's negative is 51. I think this is what David Gergen was alluding to earlier in your broadcast.

I think definitely. ... They especially liked is when he paired up ending tax breaks for the wealthiest with funding education.

It's unfair to say it didn't work because at least the propeller heads at the Congressional Budget Office say that it did.

He says he's an expert on jobs, and I suppose he is in the same way an undertaker is an expert on health care.

When John Boehner, the speaker, was told that some of his policies might cost jobs, he said so be it.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate leader, has said, his top political priority is making Barack Obama a one-term president.

The very fact that the president is doing it is good news. It shows that he is dialed in to the most important issue facing the country.

I think he would agree, it is about world view, and I think the president will say, and I think he's right, that his focus is on the heart of the middle class.

I want everybody both to see both sides, I really do honestly. It's good for the country. We ought to have a debate about this.

These people are hurting. We need to help them. They need help right away. They don't need help because they're Democrats. They don't need help because they're Republicans. They are American citizens who are suffering damage through no…

Of course he's being hypocritical. And on the thing, he's being political. He's a very smart guy so I can't say that he's playing this because he's done. He must see political angle here. I frankly don't.